Meaning of equivoque | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A homonym.
   obsolete
2. A play on words, a pun.
3. Ambiguity or double meaning.

Equivalents

Examples

“[H]e sported in many other æquivoques of the same nature; and at dinner told the physician, that he was like⟳ the root of the tongue, as being cursedly down in the mouth.”

“[T]he black wisps of women bargaining behind those veils might turn⟳ out to be the ballet and coalesce in some dance⟳ gaily admitting their equivoque of concealing and proclaiming their sex.”

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